Etymology

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Today it means: A woman's riding habit. Full definition →

First used 19th c.French amazone
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The story

  1. French · borrowed fromamazone
  2. English todayamazone

From French amazone.

First known use, by meaning

  • from 19th c. A woman's riding habit.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.